Crime Rate in St Mary's Island, ward

St Mary's Island has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 24 wards in Medway district and the 1248th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 200th lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Mary's Island in the last 12 months was 36.0 per 1,000 residents and was 67.1% lower than the Medway district average (109.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Mary's Island’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 70 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 86 (≈ 16.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Mary's Island ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Ripple Waters, with 34 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Dock Head Road (11 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.